, 1887-12-29

east W IUet, Wc5t on Icpt anu DOltl
drifts are in ore. A trial shipment Of
ore to San Frdnci 'cO returned 120
ounces sil yer and 20 per cent lead.
The vein is about five feet In thick
ness --on the surface Is fine show.
ing OF oXidized iron fully 90 feet
wide. The Paris Bell ls Il northern
extension of the Old Dominion and
il promising to possess the full vol.
uune of mineral In the latter mine
which points toward 1t.
According TO the director OF the
mint at San Francisco, the total
amount OF silver bullion produced
by the mines OF Washington terri.
tory in the year 1886 was something
like $50, 900, the entire amount be-
ing taken from Dominion mountain.
So far the Dominion district has la
ken the lead In the production and
marketing of bullion, but this Will
soon be changed. In fact, the change
has already come about. Hereto
fore the ores of the country have
been shipped to Omaha for reduc-
tion. The high rates Of freight and
great distance have placed an en-
barge on tho transportation OF the
ore products of the country save
those Of the richest properties, OF
which the Old Dominion has been
the most fortunate.
THE YOUNG AMERICA MINE,
owned by the Young America Con.
soliduted Co., and situated on the
east side Of the Columbia river In a
lime bluff 16i miles north Of Colville,
Is one of the largest surface show
ings of ore in the district, II not IN
the territory. The property was
discovered and located in the fall Of
| 1885, and within six months after
wards about $4,000 had been eX-
pended i'm development work on the
mine. The ledge matter will aver
age five feet. The ore lays In II
ledge ru uDning northeast and sou h.
west, or nearly so, and pitches to the
east and down ward. The largest
and longest tunnel reaches depth
Of lS0 feet, following II heavy BODY
Of ore all no way, and at the eX-
tremity shows u sold body OF eight
feet Of mineral. A test shipment OF
the ore from this tunnel, shipped to
San Francisco, showed 80 Ozs. OF sill
yer and 40 per cent. lead. There
are number OF other openings
showing up fully as well as the big
tunnel, In substance of mineral, and
the dumps are carrying over 1000
tons of merchantable rock which is
being shipped 10 the Mutual Smelt-
ing aud Mining Co.'s works In this
city for reduction. AS the mine
stands, 1t Is u safe estimate that 1t
represents with the ore In sight
Sl,O00,0 900.
THE BONANZA NINE,
two miles east Of the Young Amer
lea, from the showing already made
is equally as good property as the
Young America. The. formation
surrounding the mineral Is similar
to that of the Young America, and
the ore body Is also of n very like
character and, while less valuable,
the volume Of ore Is perhaps the
largest iu the northwest. The main
shaft is down something like 20 feet,
all the way in ore, and a cross cut OF
60 feet fails to find the interior wall.
This mine IL producing and ship
ping ore right along.
THE LITTLE DALLEs
Is another district that has impruv-
ed wonderfully within the past 81 ear.
The discovery Of the Silver Crown
and Northern Light claims early III
1886 gave birth to an eXcitem, III
which has simmered down toa solid
and permanent basis of action.
The Silver Crown and Northern
Light are situated five miles up the
Columbia river from the Lii tie
Dalles and about 3S miles north from
Colville. The ore bodies are OF a
galena and carbonate nature and
indicate true fi5sure veins. The We
mines are located side by side and
on veins of mineral parallel with
each other on the surface, which
pitch toward each other. The course
of the veins Is east and west and
are easily traced In depth 1900 fee,
down the bluff on the west, concen'
trating the ore body in one ledge
The work is under one management
and il being prosecuted at the top D
the bluffs where the locations were
made. The ore is galena aud car
bDnates and assays from 80 to 30'
ozs.; the thickness of the lodges vii
average Is inches.
THE SILVER BUTTE
mine is an extension of these prop
critics, and presents ALMOST as good
showing of mineral, and Is w0rkin,
and producing ore. The Excelsior
in this neigh0orhuod, has been ia
vOred with n large amount "f dc
velopment work, and promises
valuable return when spring opens
The Amy mine, short distance be
low the Silver Crown, has GOO
, body OF $50 galena which carries
, high per cent. of lead, and with
small amount Of development wor
, shows 20 inches of ore and has Sc,
, eral tons on the bank waiting tran,
3 portation facilities, which will b
! provided by means of wagon roa